A Study on the Principle of “the Establishment of Teaching Profession” in the Educational Personnel Certification Law:
Focused on the Ministry of Education Action
1999 Volume 8 Pages 98-107
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1999 Volume 8 Pages 98-107
The purpose of this study is to examine the formation and materialization process of the principle of “the Establishment of Teaching Profession” in the Educational Personnel Certification Law(1949). The principle of “the Establishment of Teaching Profession” is the key concept of the Educational Personnel Certification Law and the point of dispute of educational reform in post-war period in Japan.
This study analyzes the Ministry of Education Action in teacher education reform which was the responsibility of new teacher education system and establishment of the Educational Personnel Certification Law.
The main findings were as follows:
1. Under the leadership and support of CIE, Ministry of Education started the study of teacher education curriculum and certification in the U.S.A., especially the investigation of teachers' college model.
2. The ideal of this model was the inductive method and the principle was “Observation-Participation- Practice Teaching-Reforming the Theory”.
3. The materialization of the principle of “the Establishment of Teaching Profession” required the reform of teaching quality in new college.
